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05/16/2013
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Housewife Marisa Aparecida feels more increase, because your child use a drug regularly Photo: Nelson Lima
The price of drugs has increased in pharmacies in Rio A survey by EXTRA Antak found that drugs such as, Viagra and Luftal are up to 6.3% more expensive compared to April. The adjustment is within the 6.31% allowed by the government on March 30. The first is already sold by the Consumer Price Maximum (PMC), stipulated by the National Agency for Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA). The other two are the limit of R$ 0.01 (see table).
In practice, the possibility of increase in prices is higher than the adjustment authorized, since the pharmacies typically sell the drugs in amounts well below the PMC.
The increase within the limits would not be a "good deed" of drugstores, according to economist of the Brazilian Consumer Defense (IDEC) Ione Amorim. For her, it is premature to say that these prices will remain until April 2014.
- This is the first month. Must accompany this behavior during the year. The remedies must still undergo adjustments.
The president of the Association for the Defence of Consumers and Users of Drug Rio de Janeiro (RJ-Adcum) Odari Savoie, pharmacies need to keep prices lower near the ceiling.
- The smaller drugstore medicines buy less at higher prices. Therefore, the PMC can not be reduced.
The rise in prices had a strong impact on the budget of the housewife Marisa Aparecida, 50:
- My son needs medicine regularly and this increase has affected us too much. The worst thing is that this drug is already generic.
The coordinator of Protest - Consumers Association suggests that anyone who needs to search for drugs in various drug stores and check on the website of the Ministry of Health (http://portal.saude.gov.br/), if your product can not be obtained in Popular Pharmacies - at reduced rates or, in some cases, for free:
- Chronic diseases outweigh the consumer's pocket, but they are the ones most government grant.
The adjustment, confirmed on March 30, ended up taking the remedies to be one of the items of greatest impact on inflation April. In the Consumer Price Index (IPCA) last month, the increase was 2.99%.
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